18 - 20 AUGUST 2017

THE ECSTATIC MUSIC OF ALICE COLTRANE TURIYASANGITANANDA (USA) performed by the Sai Anantam Ashram Singers

Enter a celebratory space where the colours of Hindu tradition intermingle with the music of Alice Coltrane. Sing-along, sit; be silent, dance; inhabit the space as the Sai Anatam singers lead you through an immersive experience on the State Theatre Stage.

One of the most respected and venerated musicians of the 20th century, Alice Coltrane was a pianist, composer, spiritual leader, and the wife of equally legendary John Coltrane, saxophonist and jazz icon.

Following her husband's death in 1967, Coltrane sought salvation in the Hindu tradition and went on to open her own ashram. Her spiritual practice firmly rooted in the transcendental realms of music, she recorded four iconic cassette tapes over a decade that mingled the gospel music of her Detroit upbringing with the Indian devotional songs of her late life.

Long available only through her ashram, these rare glimpses into a fascinating soul are only now being opened up to the outside world by David Byrne's Luaka Bop label, with the singers of Alice Coltrane's Sai Anantam ashram carrying on her astonishing legacy in a series of selected exclusive concerts around the world, including the premiere at Supersense as a landmark event on the festival's Saturday night.

"...like prayers for humanity... Hers is a voice that you want to believe could heal the entire world one person at a time..." - Pitchfork

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